a. [ L. acclivis and acclivus. ] Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to
n. [ OF. avoutre, avoltre, fr. L. adulter. Cf. Adulterer. ] An adulterer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An adulteress. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. prenom.
a. [ L. ambo both + laevus left. ] Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to
v. t.
They avouch many successions of authorities. Coke. [ 1913 Webster ]
We might be disposed to question its authenticity, it if were not avouched by the full evidence. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]
If this which he avouches does appear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such antiquities could have been avouched for the Irish. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God. Deut. xxvi. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Evidence; declaration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being avouched. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who avouches. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of avouching; positive declaration. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Advoutrer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. ] Adultery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Bivalvular. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. bivouac, bivac, prab. fr. G. beiwache, or beiwacht; bei by, near + wachen to watch, wache watch, guard. See By, and Watch. ] (Mil.)
v. i.
n. the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord; -- abbreviated CNS.
a. Coeval [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. concavus. ] Concave. Abp. potter.
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a. Pertaining to confervae; consisting of, or resembling, the confervae. [ 1913 Webster ]
Yon exiguous pool's confervous scum. O. W. Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Some evil beast hath devoured him. Gen. xxxvii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
Famine and pestilence shall devour him. Ezek. vii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
I waste my life and do my days devour. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Longing they look, and gaping at the sight,
Devour her o'er with vast delight. Dryden.
a. That may be devoured. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, devours. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a devouring manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. devot, devout, F. dévot, from L. devotus devoted, p. p. of devovere. See Devote, v. t. ]
A devout man, and one that feared God. Acts x. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
We must be constant and devout in the worship of God. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]
The devout,
n.
a.
To take her from austerer check of parents,
To make her his by most devoutful rights. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of devotion. --
adv.
Cast her fair eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
'T is a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality or state of being devout. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. dis- + avouch. Cf. Disavow. ] To disavow. [ R. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To discredit; to contradict. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. enervis, enervus. ] Lacking nerve or force; enervated. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Festive. ] Pertaining to a feast; festive. [ R. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. same as flavor, v. and n.. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
adj. same as flavored; -- of foods. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
n. same as flavoring. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
adj. same as flavorful. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
n. same as flavoring. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
adj. same as flavorless. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
adj. same as flavorful. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
adj. same as flavorful. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
a. [ L. flavus. ] Yellow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Formerly vouched or avowed; affirmed in advance. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. fulvus. ] Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. grandaevus; grandig grand+ aevum lifetime, age. ] Of great age; aged; longlived. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief. ]
The famine was grievous in the land. Gen. xii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight. Gen. xxi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ill-favored and lean-fleshed. Gen. xli. 3.
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